Brake-shoe attachment for automobiles, &amp;c.



. PA TElfTTED APR. 23, 1907; J. OLEARY. BRAKE SHOE ATTACHMENT FOR AUIOMOBILES, 6w.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 27, 1906.

I II v UNITED STATES PATE N T OFFICE.

JOHN OLEARY, OF COHOES, NEW YORK.

Specification of Letters Patent- Patented April 23, 1907.

Application filed Februar'. 27,1906. Serial No. 303,266.

To (0Z1 whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN OLEARY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cohoes, in the county of Albany and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Brake-Shoe Attachments for Automobiles and the Like, of which the fol lowing is a specification.

This invention relates to attachments for automobiles or motor cars and other vehicles, and consists of brake shoes disposed to cooperate with the rear wheels and be thrown down in advance-0f and 'close to the latter, and also raised out of braking position through the medium of controlling means or devices arranged in the body of the car and within easy reaching distance of the driver or chauffeur.

The attachment also includes a fender automatically cooperating with the front of the car and similar in construction, as a matter of illustration, to that disclosed in my Letters Patent Number 792,920, dated June 20, 1905, and having connecting means with respect to the brake shoe controlling devices arranged in the body of the car and by which an automatic operation of the brake shoes with relation to the rear wheels may be set up when the fender is struck.

The attachment also includes a connecting device between a, portion thereof and the power generating mechanism to also autoinaticallyshut 0H the motor or the motive medium.

- The purpose of the improved attachment is to equip an automobile or motor car with a life guard means and whereby the fender will obstruct the passage of the car over human beings, the brake shoes checking the speed or momentum of the car and the motor or motive medium simultaneously controlled without requiring any 0 eration or manipu-' lation by the driver or c iaufl'eur, with material advantages in the propulsion of an automobile or motor car.. r

A preferred form of the improved attachment will be hereinafter set forth in detail to illustrate one practical organization of the invention, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of an'automobile or motor car embodying the features of the invention, and illustrating the fender elevated in traveling position, and the brake shoes raised, only such parts of the motor car being illustrated as are necessary to demonstrate the practicability of the improved attachments. Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1, showing the fender fully lowered and the brake shoes down in contact with the rear wheels. Fig. 3 is a detail elevation looking towards the inner side of the dashof an automobile or motor car to illustrate the positions devices.

- Similar numerals of reference are employed to indicate corresponding parts in the several views. I

The numeral 1 designates an automobile or motor car of any preferred form, having a bed 2, and front and rear pairs of wheels 3 and 4, mounted as usual. wheels 3 is controlled by a steering bar 5, having a suitable hand wheel and located within easy reaching distance of the seat of the driver, as shown.

To the front of the car and suitably attached'thereto is'an automatically 0 crating fender, similar in construction to t at disclosed in Letters Patent No. 792,920, granted to me June 20, 1905, and embodying, among other elements, side bars 10, having weighted heels 12, the side bars having attached thereper'son that may be struck and fall rear wardly into the fender. The side bars 10 also have an automatic lowering movement, ,as clearly ex lained in the patent aforesaid, and the weig ted heels 12 project a greater distance rearward whenthe said side bars 10 are lowered, as shown by Fig. 2, than when elevated in normal travelin shown by Fig. 1. To one of t e eels 12 the forward end of a connecting arm 6 is attached, said arm extending rearwardly any suitable member 7 of a bell crank lever-8, the upper endof the vertical member 7 being fulcrumed to the bed 2, as at 9, and having its lower substantially horizontal member 11 movably attached to the lower end of an automatically operating lever 13. The lever 13 extends u wardly through the bed 2 of the automoibile, and also through a guide 14' projecting rearwardly from the dash 15. The upper extremity of the lever 13 is directed or bent forand relation of theseveral lever controlling The front pair of osition, as

distance and also attached to the vertical,

to suitable means for holding an object or wardly, as at 16, and is normally held in contact with the lower portion of a cam projec-- 55 1 cured to an ear or boss 31, forming part of one'of a-pair of brake shoes 32, having upper shanks or body'members 33,

tion 17, on the upper extremity of a release lever 18, which has an arcuate movement across or transversely with respect to the dash 15, or, in other words, said lever 18 op;

' press e forwardly or out of engagement with that the automatic depressing operation ofthe notch 19 by the upper extremity 16 of the lever .13 moving over the cam projection 17. fulcrumed on the bed, as at 20, and integrally formed therewith is a laterally projecting arm 21 movably attached to the upper extremityof a brake shoe lever 22, fulcrumed loosely with relation to a weighted brake shoe controlling lever 23. The brake shoe lever 22 extends downwardly andis free to move in the bed 2, and has a bolt or pin 24 in its lower extremity slidably engaging-a longitudinally disposed slot 25, in an elongated arm 26 of thewe'ight lever 23, said arm 26 having its forward extremity weighted, as at 27. The fulcrum for the weight lever 23 is located at the rear extremity of the latter, as-

indicated by 28, and from the said fulcrum an angle arm 29'depends and is considerably shorter than the arm 26. The weight lever. 23'may be roperly termed a brake shoe controller, as it automatically operates to pull downwardly on the lever 22 and through the latter pulls over the lever 18, the weight of.

the controller 23being such, and the arms 26 and 29 having such proportionate length,

the said controller 23, lever 22 and the lever 18, when the latter isreleas'ed, will positively "be effected. i Vhen the lever 22 depresses through the operation of the lever 18 the bolt 5 or in 2 1 is shifted forwardly in the slot '25,

an the controller 23 assumes the position When the parts are in northe parts will be in a position asshown by Fig.1, with the Weight of the controller 23 imposed on the lower end of the lever 22 andready for instant operation the moment the lever 18 is-released automatically, as hereinbefore explained.

To the lower end of the shorter arm 29 of the controller 23, a suitable connecting device, such as a rod, or other analogous ele- .ment, 3Q is'attached and at its rear end is seprovided with arcuate slots 34, one slotbeing formed in each shank or body'member. The lower wheel engaging members 35 of, the brake shoes are so shaped as .to snugly fit underthe lower forward portions of the wheels 4', so.

that the said wheels may rotate fora time on The lower extremity of the lever 18 is bottom edges 36 of said shoes are throwninto forceful contact with the ground surface to check the momentum or speed of the car or automobile. cross rod 37 for a simultaneous operation, said cross rod being connected to the ears 31; In suitable hangers 38 depending from opposite sides of the bed 2 adjacent to the rear Wheels 4, a suspending rod 39 is fixed and is passed through'the arcuate slots 34 of the shoes to insure a synchronous and regular movement of the shoes. The shoes 32 also have antifri'ctional rollers 39 in their upper edges between sideflanges 40 shown in dotted'lines, to ease the movement of the rear wheels on the said'shoes.

A cord, chain. or analogous device 40is of the starting and stopping device or mechvalve controlling the supply of motive medium. This cord or pull device 40 will have controller and fender and brake shoes, with obvious advantages in checking the speed or momentum of the car .or automobile; From the foregoing, the operation of-the attachment 'will, no doubt, be understood, but it is deemed expedient to briefly give a summary of the same, and which is as fol lows: Normally, the several attachments,

shown by Fig. 1. hen the fender is struck, the bars 10 and'heels 12 will be thrown'down-- and correspondingly moving the bell crank lever 8 and cause the lower arm of the latter This lever13, by. its rising movement, will disengage the release lever 18 from the notch 19, and as soon as said lever 18 is free, itwill fall over side-wise and depress the lever 22 and simultaneously the longer arm 26 of the controller 23., throwing the shorterarm29 of said controller rearwardly, which will institute a pull on the cord, chain or other device position shown by Fig. 2. To restore. the parts to normal position, as shown by Fig 1, it is only necessary to pull the lever 18 over to the right side, as considered from the position of the. parts as illustrated by Fig- 3, and until the said lever is caught and held in extremity in contact with the similar extremity of the lever 13. i

is claimed, is: \v

1. The combination with an automobile or motor car, of a'fender. sliding brake shoes for engagement with a portion of the wheels The shoes 32 are united by a 1 also attached to the shorter arm 29 of the controller 23, and runs to a suitable portion an operation simultaneous with that of the 40, and'also permit the brake shoes 32 to I lower and all the attachments assume the anism of the motor or may connect with a including the fender and brake shoes, as well 7 as the controller, will be in the position IOO wardly, and'the said heels will move rearwardly, thus forcing the arm 6 backwardly IOS I to rise and push upwardly on" the lever 13.

the notch 19 with the'rear edgeof its upper Having thus d scribed the invention, what a and the ground surface under the wheels, the

shoes being, connected to the fender, and means for automatically lowering the tender and brake shoes and including a weighted to engage a portion of the wheels of the car and the ground surface, and'connectionsbetween the tender and brake shoes for automatically disposing the latter in braking position when the fender is lowered and including a weighted controller at a distance from the fender and shoes.

4. An automobile or motor car having an automatically operating fender, brake shoes to engage aportion of the wheels. of the car and theground surface, connecting devices between the fender and; brake shoes to dispose the latter in brakingposition simultaneously with the depression of the fender, and

means for stop ing the motor and connected to a part of sa devices.

5. An automobile or motor car having an.

automatically 0 erating fender, brake shoes cooperating wit a portion of the wheels of the ear and the ground surface, and connections between the fender and brake shoes and including a weighted controller at a distance from both the fender and shoes to dispose the said brake shoes in braking position with respect to the wheels simultaneously with the depression of the fender.

An automobile or motor car having an automatically operating fender, brake shoes disposed in cooperative relation to the rear wheels of the car, a release lever operated by the movement of the fender, a brake shoe lever connected to and actuated by the release lever, a weighted controller to which the lower end of the brake shoe lever is movably attached, and a connection between the said controller and the brake shoes.

7. An automobile or motor car having a fender, brake shoes disposed in cooperative relation to the rear wheels of the ear and adapted to engage the ground surface and slidably disposed on a fixed support, and com'iecting devices between the fender and brake shoes for simultaneously lowering the said shoes when the fender is lowered, said connecting devices having a weight device at an intermediate point.

8. An automobile or motor car having a tender, slidable brake shoes cooperating with the rear wheels of the car and adapted to contact with the ground surface, means attached to the motor controlling mechanism to shut off the latter, and eonnectil'ig devices between the lender. brake shoes and said means for causing the latter and the brake shoes to operate simultaneously with the movement of the fender.

9. An automobile or motor car having a novable fender, weight means cooperating.

with said fender to cause it to automatically gravitate, a connection with the motive mechanism of the car for shutting off the latter, and devices interposed between the fender and the connection for causing the latter "to be operated simultaneously with the movement of the fender. i

10. An automobile or motor car having slidable brake shoes disposed to cooperate with the rear wheels thereof and adapted to bear on the ground surface, a connection with the motive mechanism of the car for shutting off the latter, and devices cooperating with and connecting the brake shoes and said motive mechanism connectionfor simultaneously throwing the shoes into braking position with the shutting 0H of the motor.

11. The combination with an automobile or motor car, of longitudinally slidable slotted brake shoes disposed in cooperative relation to the rear wheels thereof, a fixed supporton which said shoes are movablyheld, and means for releasing and causing an automatic application of said brake shoes.

12. The combination with an automobile or motor car, of longitudinally slidable brake shoes in cooperative position with "relation to the rear wheels of the car, an intermediate weighted controller connected to said brake shoes, and lever devices cooperating with said controller, one of the. lever devices b y its movement operating the remaining lever device. I

13'. The. combination with anautomobile or motor car, of slidable brake shoes arranged in cooperative relation with respect to the rear wheels thereof and adapted to contact with the ground surface, an intermediate weighted controller connected to the brake shoes, a lever attached to said controller, and a lever for actuating said controller lever.

1.4. The combination with an automobile. or motor car, of brake shoes disposed in cooperative relation to the rear wheels thereof, an intermediate weighted controller having a slot therein and. connected to the said shoes, a lever having its lower extremity engaging said slot of the controller, and means for actuating the said lever.

15. The combination with an automobile or motor car, of brake shoes having slotted shanks and operatively suspended adjacent to the rear wheels of the car, a fixed support on which said brake shoes are mounted the said shoes being longitudinally slidable, and means connected to the shoes for operating the same.

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